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The project, funded by a USD 8.65 million GCF loan and USD 8.9 million in equity, was completed in 2018 and became operational in March 2019. The evaluation concludes that the programme's results were \"Satisfactory,\" noting that the SPP reduced 29,722 tCO2eq of greenhouse gas emissions between 2019 and 2020 and produced 35,076 MWh of electricity. Despite the project's technical success and alignment with Mongolia's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets, the evaluation highlights shortcomings in gender mainstreaming and the lack of a formal Theory of Change. 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